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JK Welding, Brooklyn NY

Most recent update: November 23, 2011.

JK Welding Company was started by Jacob Klevens.  The original yard was on Paidge Avenue, in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, just east of the Pulaski Bridge.  He later added a second yard near the Brooklyn Navy Yard and a third, at 1 Federal Street, in Yonkers, which is now American Sugar Refining.  If anyone can provide any information about the ships these yards built, please e-mail it to me at timcolton@aol.com.

Hull #

Original Name

Original Owner

Type

 Navy Type Pennant # Feet Delivery Disposition

Built in the original Brooklyn Yard
5 Socony City 2 Socony Mobil Tank Barge       Feb-38  
7 Progress   Floating Bridge       Feb-38  
9 Blue Line 104   Tank Barge       Aug-38  
10 Espee No. 1   Barge       Sep-38  
  Islander   Fishing     62 1938 In service
14 Carbany Cargill Tug       Oct-39  
  Edward Card   Tug       1941 Later Diane Richards
  Chris Sheedy         150 1941  
      Cargo Barge     120 1942 Sold, later Michigan
20 Amtank   Tanker       May-45  
23 Big Bottle   Cargo Ship       Nov-45  
      Passenger? WYC 4144 62 1945 In service

Built in the second Brooklyn Yard ?
    US Navy Open Lighter YC 733 110 1941  
    US Navy Open Lighter YC 734 110 1941 Later YFNX 4, struck 1995
    US Navy Open Lighter YC 742 110 1941  
    US Navy Open Lighter YC 743 110 1941  
    US Navy Open Lighter YC 744 110 1941  
    US Navy Open Lighter YC 749 110 1941  
    US Navy Open Lighter YC 750 110 1941  
    US Navy Open Lighter YC 751 110 1941  
    US Navy Open Lighter YC 752 110 1941  
    US Navy Open Lighter YC 753 110 1941 Later YFT 1
    US Navy Open Lighter YC 754 110 1941  
    US Navy Car Float YCF 14 110 1941 Scrapped 1977
    US Navy Car Float YCF 15 110 1941 Scrapped 1977
    US Navy Car Float YCF 16 110 1942 Sold 2008
    US Navy Car Float YCF 17 110 1942  
    US Navy Car Float YCF 18 110 1942 Disposed of 1946
    US Navy Closed Lighter YFN 264 110 1941  
    US Navy Closed Lighter YFN 266 110 1941  
    US Navy Closed Lighter YFN 271 110 1941 Later YRB 8
    US Navy Closed Lighter YFN 275 110 1941  
    US Navy Closed Lighter YFN 284 110 1941  
    US Navy Closed Lighter YFN 285 110 1941 Later YC 1349
    US Navy Closed Lighter YFN 288 110 1941 Later YFNX 21, sold 1978
    US Navy Closed Lighter YFN 289 110 1941 Later YRB 25, struck 1999
    US Navy Closed Lighter YFN 358 110 1942  
    US Navy Closed Lighter YFN 359 110 1942  
    US Navy Closed Lighter YFN 412 110 1942 Later YFRN 412
    US Navy Closed Lighter YFN 413 110 1942 Sold 1996
    US Navy Closed Lighter YFN 414 110 1942  
    US Navy Repair Barge YR 24 150 1942 To Vietnam, scrapped 1985
    US Navy Repair Barge YR 25 150 1942 To Marine Corps 2003
    US Army Tank Barge BG 475 120 Oct-42  
    US Army Tank Barge BG 476 120 Oct-42  
    US Army Tank Barge BG 477 120 Nov-42  
    US Army Tank Barge BG 478 120 Nov-42  
    US Army Tank Barge BG 248 120 Jan-43  
    US Army Tank Barge BG 249 120 Feb-43  

Built in the Yonkers Yard ?
6   US Army Coastal Freighter FS 349 176 May-44 USCG-manned, to the Philippines as Lanao; existence in doubt 1989
7   US Army Coastal Freighter FS 350 176 Jun-44 USCG-manned, later Jekyl, Betty K IV, Sea Princess II, Nilo, Hope I
8   US Army Coastal Freighter FS 351 176 Aug-44 USCG-manned, sold private as J. Frank Jett; scrapped 1989
9   US Army Coastal Freighter FS 352 176 Jul-44 USCG-manned, to Korea as City of Iri, later Iri; existence in doubt 1998
10   US Army Coastal Freighter FS 353 176 Sep-44 USCG-manned, to China as Jonquil
11   US Army Coastal Freighter FS 354 176 Oct-44 USCG-manned, to China as Lily
12   US Army Coastal Freighter FS 355 176 Nov-44 USCG-manned, retained by USA as PVT Carl V. Sheridan
13   US Army Coastal Freighter FS 356 176 Dec-44 USCG-manned, to Korea as City of Waegwan
  [one of above] US Army Coastal Freighter FS     1944 Sold 19xx as Don Francisco; lost 1978
  [one of above] US Army Coastal Freighter FS     1944 Sold 1989? as fishing vessel John S Dempster Jr  
48 Captain Lawrence B. Morris US Army Tug ST 44 74 Jan-43 Sold 1954; later Alessandra Neri; scrapped 1986
49 Captain Mark C. Neff US Army Tug ST 45 74 Feb-43  
50 Captain Philip J. O'Brien US Army Tug ST 46 74 Dec-42 To Venezuela as Esteban Rojas; stricken 1958 
63   US Army Tug ST 75 74 Aug-43 Sunk by German gunfire off Guernsey 1945
64   US Army Tug ST 76 74 Sep-43 To Italy as Boeo (Y 417); stricken 1986 
65   US Army Tug ST 77 74 Sep-43 To Italy as Albenga (Y 412); stricken c1990
66   US Army Tug ST 78 74 Nov-43 Sold 1948 as Martha, later Tiuna; scrapped 1984 
67   US Army Tug ST 79 74 Aug-43 To Finland 1946 as No. 13, then Merikarhu; now museum at Hamina 
68   US Army Tug ST 80 74 Nov-43 Sold 1948 as Dragon, then Luigi Noli, Torretta; now museum at Genoa as ST 80 
69   US Army Tug ST 81 74 Dec-43 Sold 1955; later Americano Neri; scrapped 1986 
70   US Army Tug ST 82 74 Dec-43 To Finland 1946 as No.15, then DR-15, No.15, Korceakari, Mistral 2, Jean-Michel, ILPC No.1; scrapped c1985 
71   US Army Tug ST 83 74 Oct-43 To Finland 1946 as No.3, then DR-3, No.3, Vigor, Riviera, Cala Bianca; scrapped c1988 
72   US Army Tug ST 84 74 Oct-43 To France 1946 as ST 84; scrapped 1971 
73   US Army Tug ST 480 74 Feb-44 To Finland 1946 as No.12, Tolvan 1947
74   US Army Tug ST 481 74 Feb-44 To Finland 1946 as No.5, then DR-5, No.5, Nalle, Poitsila 2, Merikari, Panda; scrapped 1974 
75   US Army Tug ST 482 74 Mar-44 Sold 1946 as Frank P Buchanan; scrapped 1990s 
76   US Army Tug ST 483 74 Mar-44 Renamed Dozier; sold 1994 as Babette, now Miss Peggy 
77   US Army Tug ST 484 74 Mar-44 Sold 1946 as Choptank, later Margaret Barker, Tralfamadore, now Last Chance 
78   US Army Tug ST 485 86 Apr-44 To France as ST-5; scrapped 1981 
79   US Army Tug ST 486 86 Apr-44 To Italy as Ausonia; scrapped 1983 
80   US Army Tug ST 487 86 Apr-44 To Portugal as Catumbela (later to Angola) 
81   US Army Tug ST 488 86 May-44 To France as ST 8; now museum in Le Havre as ST 488 
82   US Army Tug ST 489 86 Jun-44 Sold 1948 as Puissance, later Syros, now Dimitrios 
83   US Army Tug ST 490 86 Jun-44 To France as ST 10, later Ambes; lost 1955 
97   US Army Tug ST 889 86 Mar-45  
98   US Army Tug ST 890 86 Apr-45 Sold 1961 as Martin D; foundered 1974 
99   US Army Tug ST 891 86 May-45  
100   US Army Tug ST 892 86 May-45 Sold 1976, now Sampit 
101   US Army Tug ST 893 86 Jul-45 Conv research; sold 1998, now US Army Ret ST 893. offered for sale on e-bay Aug-09
102   US Army Tug ST 894 86 Jul-45 Sold 1980 as Liability, now Jupiter 
103   US Army Tug ST 895 86 May-45 Cancelled; transf to USSR 
104   US Army Tug ST 896 86 1946? Cancelled; transf to USSR 
105   US Army Tug ST 897 86 1946? Cancelled; transf to USSR